Cotton-elevator.



Patented my n, |899.

C. MCINTUSH.

COTTON ELEVATUR.

(Application Bled uur. 14, 189B.)

(No Model.)

WHQGSSGS WWW;

UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

CRAIG MCINTOSH, OF MAIDEN, NORTH CAROLINA.

COTTON-ELEVATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,485, dated July 11, 1899.

Application filed March 14, 1898. Serial No. 673,811. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CRAIG MCINTOSH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Maiden,in the county of Lincoln and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Cotton- Elevator, ot which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cotton-elevators designed particularly for use in conveying cotton from a loaded Wagon or analogous vehicle directly to the gins; and the object thatI have in View is to provide a system by which the cotton may be conveyed to two gins from a single elevator.

lVith these ends in view my invention consists in the novel combination of elements and construction and arrangement of parts,

- which will be hereinafter fully described and Y vator shown by Fig. 1.

' skilled in the art.

claimed. I

` To enable others to understand my invention, I have illustrated the preferred embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in Which- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a cottonelevator constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the ele- Fig. Sis a transverse sectional elevation on the plane indicated by the dottedline c a of Fig. 2.

Like numerals of reference denote like and corresponding parts in each of the several figures of the drawings.

In carrying my invention into practice I provide an elevatorcasing y1, which is of any suitable construction preferredby those This elevator-casing is attached rigidly to the outside of a building in a position thereon for. a loaded wagon to be driven below the lower receiving end of said elevator-casing7 and in the preferred embodimentof the invention I arrangethe casing 1 and the elevator therein in an inclined position,substantiall y as shown by Fig. 1,alth ough this inclination of the elevator is not essential. The elevator-casingis open at its lower end, as'. indicated at 2, and at its upper end said casing. is provided with a deflector 10, which overhangs the delivery end of the elevator to deflect the `cotton into the conveyingchutes. Within the elevator-casing is arranged the endless elevator' 3. In one elnbodiment of the invention this elevator consists of an endless belt or chain provided with the iiights or teeth 4 of a suitable construction, and in the lower end of the casing 1 is journaled an idler roller 5, around which passes the foot of the endless elevator 3. To the upper end of the elevator-casing 1 is attached a surrounding frame 8 of a construction suitable to support the driving-shaft 8, the latter being journaled in suitable bearings provided in said frame Sa. The drivingshaft passes transversely across the elevatorcasing, and to itis attached the driving-'roller 7, (shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1,) around which passes the endless belt or chain forming a part of the elevator, and to one end of this shaft 8 is attached the pulley 9, adapted Vto be driven by a belt from a suitable line of shafting or other source of power.

By arranging the casing 1 in the inclined position the ascending side of the endless elevator is eaused'to travel close to the bottom of said casing, so that any refuse in the cotton will b e precipitated upon the bottom of said casing 1, and to enable this refuse to be discharged from the casing without passing back into the Wagon from which the cotton is taken I provide the bottoni of said casing with an exit-'opening 11, which is formed at a point near the lower receiving end 2 of the Casin g 1. Any ref usesuch as gravel, sticks, matches, dto-in the cotton has a tendency to drop upon the bottom of the elevator-casing and to glide down the saine to find its exit through the opening 11, and thus the refuse is prevented from being carried with the cotton into the gins to damage or injure the same.

12 designates the dividing-partition, which is arranged outside of the elevator-casing at a point adjacent to. the delivery end of the elevator. This dividing-partition occupies a iixed relation to the elevator, and it is at- -vtached directly to the casing 1 or may be supported in a fixed position in any other suitable way. The dividing-partition extends at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the elevater-Casin g, and it occupies a position in the medial line of said casing and the elevator therein. The upper edge of the dividingpartition is beveled to a sharpened edge 12 adjacent to the delivery end of the elevator. 0n opposite sides of the dividing-partition are the delivery-chutes 13 14, Which are ar- IOO ranged to receive the cotton directlyf rom the delivery end ofl the` elevator, and these chutes 13 14 are inclined in opposite directions. delivery-chute 13 on one side of the dividingpartition has its upper receiving end adjacent to the delivery-mouth of the casin g, while the other chute 14 is inclined reversely to the chute 13 and lies in such relation to the dividing-partition 12 that it intercepts the cotton which falls on one side of the partition. These chutes are of any suitable length to lead from the elevator and dividing-partition to the cotton-gins, (not shown,) and, if desired, suitable conveyers may be combined with said delivery-chutes to convey the cotton to the gins in case the latter are situated remote from the elevator.

Theelevator and its casingare of a length suitable to extend from the ioor of the ginhouse toapoint adjacent to the ground fora loaded wagon to be driven beneath the lower receiving end of the elevator-casing. The

elevator is driven Vby motion applied to the pulley 9 of the drivingshaft S and roller 7, and as the elevator travels its teeth or flights 4 catch into the cotton to convey the latter longitudinally through the casing l. The cotton is discharged from the upper end of the elevator onto .the sharpened edge l2L of the dividing-partition. Thispartition dividesthe cotton into separate masses or batches, which gravitate upon the oppositely-inclined chutes 13 14, which convey the cotton directly to the gms.

To insure an even distribution of the cotton into the two chutes 13 and 14, the upper beveled edge of the stationary partition-board 12 is projected above the plane of both chutes, so as to receivefdirectly thereon the mass of cotton which divides upon said edge and falls therefrom into the chutes. It will also be observed that the stationary partition-board 12 is disposed in a vertical plane longitudinally bisecting the elevator-casing and the elevator therein.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection` with the drawings, it will be ob- The served that I have provided a simple construction of cotton-elevator by which the cotton may be taken directly from a loaded wagon and conveyed to the gins and that the parts are efficient and reliable in operation. The improved elevator' may readily be attached to a building or other structure, and with the casing 1 thereof is combined all the operating parts necessary to the successful transportation or delivery of the cotton from the loaded wagon to the gins.

I am aware that changes in the form and proportion of parts and in the details of construction may be made by a skilled mechanic without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages of my invention, and IV therefore reserve the right to make such modifications as clearly fall within the scope of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is- Ina cotton-elevator,` or distributer, the combination of an upright elevator-casing provided at its upper end with a discharge-mouth for the elevated cotton, the elevator within the casing, a stationary vertically-disposed dividing-partition rigidly joined to the casing, and offset therefrom, and a pair of reversely-inclined open-top distributin g-chu tes arranged respectively upon opposite sides of the partition and partly formed thereby, said partition being provided with a horizontal double beveled upper edge projecting above the plane of bothchutes and disposed in a vertical plane longitudinally bisecting the elevator-casing and adapted to receive thereon the mass of cotton which divides upon the double beveled edge and falls therefrom into the chutes, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myv own I have hereto aiXed mysi gnature in the presence of two witnesses.

CRAIG MCINTOSII. 

